He changed his surname and lived under another identity.
Now, his name is Song Jiang, he is in charge of Shuofang Bureau of Liu Men, and his code name is Gui Yaksha.
Zhang Guben was just a small official in charge of warehouses and files in the central provincial government office, and he was out of the seventh grade.
In the Xuanwu Temple, Wu Huaiyu handed him a narrow-sleeved crimson jacket and a black turban, and at the same time gave him a palm-mounted waist badge with an eagle and dog pattern.
From this moment on, he officially became a member of the Six Sects and a minion of the Emperor.
This set of official robes and the waist badge were obtained by the cripple who mercilessly wiped out the Peng family. There were more than a hundred members of the Peng family, thousands of slaves, thousands of hectares of fertile land, and countless money.
They were confiscated. The adult males of the Peng family were executed on the spot, and the rest of the family were made slaves.
There are only two people left in the Peng family.
One is lame, and the other is a fool, the foolish son left by the old servant.
To be able to become the fourth most powerful person in Lingzhou, the Peng family has accumulated a lot of wealth, but it is a pity that it has all been reduced to nothing now.
The Cripple not only sold the Peng family, but even requested to be executed personally. The thirty or so members of the Peng family who were executed were all beheaded by the Cripple himself.
This cripple is a madman.
Both Zhao Xin and Chen Sheng suggested that the cripple be killed to avoid future troubles, but Wu Huaiyu kept him and granted him the title of Zhang Gu.
Although he was only a seventh-level Zhang Gu, he was directly subordinate to Wu Huaiyu, a Yuanwailang. He was not under the jurisdiction of the four principals, nor was he controlled by other pavilion chiefs. He directly obeyed Huaiyu's orders.
The hidden fifth principal.
People like Cripple are indeed crazy, but such crazy and ruthless people are sometimes the sharpest swords. The Xingxian Division is special, and Wu Huaiyu also needs such a ruthless person on the frontier.
Someone has to do the dirty work.
Moreover, Cripzi already had a very strong network in Shuofang. This was a network that Cripzi had painstakingly cultivated for many years. It was not only spread throughout Lingzhou, but also in Pseudo-Liang, Hetao, and even in the Han court at the foot of Tujue Yin Mountain.
A lame man is a sharp knife, but more like a double-edged sword without a handle. You can easily cut yourself if you are not careful.
"If Chang Shi wants to attack other families, I can produce a lot of evidence of their crimes." The lame man changed into a crimson coat and a black trousers, which made him look a little funny. Although the clothes and hats were tailor-made, they still looked a bit funny.
It seems extremely uncoordinated.
The head is too big, the body is too small, and the limbs are too short.
Huaiyu just waved his hand.
"Not urgent."
Wu Huaiyu returned to Lingzhou and Lecheng that day. Cao Taigong sent Cao Xuan to send an invitation to Huaiyu. The old man of the Cao family wanted to entertain Wu Huaiyu.
"It won't be the Hongmen Banquet, right?"
Cao Xuan was ignorant and did not understand the allusion of Hongmen Banquet, which made Wu Huaiyu speechless. Even Wu Huailiang and Wu Huaiyun, who usually did not like reading, were amused. Wu Huailiang told him this story with a sense of superiority.
"It's just a banquet. There were many misunderstandings before. I want to apologize in person, but I don't dare to be disrespectful at all."
Cao Xuan, who had always been very proud before, was now very respectful in front of the young Chang Shi. The Peng family was wiped out in an instant, which had the greatest impact on the younger generation of young masters.
In the past, they always thought that the sky was high and the emperor was far away, and even the general managers, governors, and governors sent by the imperial court were not looked down upon, but now they know how to be afraid.
"Who else was invited?"
"This time we are accompanied by the Liu family and other local families, and we also invited Doulu Sima, Su Sima, Wei Changshi, Wen Bingcao, Du Canjun, etc."
The war is over.
The Peng family fell, Cao Liu and others raised their flags to surrender. This banquet was also in the hope of reaching a formal agreement with Wu Huaiyu.
They all hope that the war will end there and not go further.
"Okay, I will go to the banquet on time."
The lame man was sitting at the back of Wu Huaiyu's hall. After waiting for others to leave, he came out and said, "Be careful of fraud. The Cao family is old and stubborn. I used to think that he was old and confused and cowardly, but in the end he tricked me."
"I promised to go to the banquet on time, but I didn't say I would go alone."
At dusk.
Six thousand elite soldiers from the Yuan, Qing, and Xia governor's offices arrived outside Lingzhou City almost at the same time.
The man who led the troops from the Xiazhou Dudu Mansion was Liu Lancheng, Sima of the Dudu Mansion. He was an old gangster who had worked with him on the Longyou battlefield. He was also a very educated old gangster. What he was best at was leading death squads to raid other people's camps. He was obviously a scholar.
He is familiar with classics and history, and was born as a county clerk, but he just likes to carry a big sledgehammer and kill people.
Wu Huaiyu's impression of this guy was that he was quite sinister and a bit cunning, so he was not too close to his previous colleagues. However, this guy had always taken the initiative to get close to Wu Huaiyu, and they seemed to have a good relationship with each other.
The leading general sent by Duan Lun, the governor of Qingzhou, was Qiu Xinggong.
This guy is known for his cruelty.
"How cruel?"
"He often eats people's livers."
"true and false?"
"That can still be false. This guy is a fierce general. He is very brave and fierce in fighting, but he is also cruel. He not only likes to cut the enemy in half, but also likes to dig out the heart and liver and fry them. After every battle, he has to directly
Fry your heart and liver and eat it on the battlefield."
"And he was not only cruel to his enemies, he was also very harsh to his colleagues and subordinates. He would whip people with whips at every turn, leaving their skin and flesh raw."
"No one cares?"
"Someone takes care of him, and he is often punished for it, but he is often reinstated in a month or two."
"What is this man's background?"
Even Wu Huaiyu was a little surprised.
"The Qiu family is the surname of Daibei."
Upon hearing this, Huaiyu understood a little bit. The so-called Daibeida surname generally refers to the famous Xianbei families that were sinicized during the Northern Wei Dynasty. For example, Changsun, Yuwen, etc. all belong to the Daibeida surname.
Qiu Xinggong's original surname was Qiu Dun. Emperor Xianwen of the Northern Wei Dynasty named him Qiu Dun, and his second brother Douzhenxin was named Qiu Dun. During the reign of Emperor Xiaowen, his surname was changed to Qiu.
The Qiu family is a family of generals, and Qiu Xinggong's grandfather is Qiu Shou, the general of Zhendong in the Western Wei Dynasty.
Of course, the main reason why Qiu Xinggong was so domineering was that his father, Qiu He, was a separatist ruler of Jiaozhi at the end of the Sui Dynasty. Later, he sent Gao Shilian to the court to ask for surrender. After Li Jingping Ping Lingnan, Qiu He entered the court and was granted the title of Shangzhu Kingdom.
He was made the general manager of Jiaozhou, moved to Tejin, was granted the title of Duke of Tan, and made the general of Zuo Wuhou.
Later, because of his old age, he was asked to return to his hometown of Jizhou as a governor.
The identity is very special.
But Qiu Xinggong was able to do this for more than just this, because during the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Qiu He was in Jiaozhi, but his two sons were in Guanzhong. He and his brother Qiu Xingze gathered more than 10,000 troops in the Qizhou area to guard Yi County. Later, his brothers
The two led troops to join Princess Pingyang's troops, and together they welcomed Li Yuan into the pass.
With this merit, one of the two brothers was granted the title of Duke of Yicheng County, Zhu Kingdom, Zuo Xiaowei General, the other was granted the title of Zhu Kingdom, and the other was a hussar on the left side of the Qin Palace.
Qiu Xinggong has always fought under Li Shimin, and he can be said to be Li Shimin's loyal confidant Yuan Cong. If it weren't for being too cruel, his official position should actually be higher, instead of being the general of the left guard, and now he is the governor of Qingzhou.
Fu Sima.
The Dudu's Mansion in Huizhou sent Cao Canjun, a soldier from the Dudu's Mansion, and Li Yuanyan. He was Li Sanniang's brother and Li Xiuxing's son.
The three who came to lead the reinforcements, except for Li Yuanyan, who is younger, Qiu Xinggong and Liu Lancheng, are not simple. One is an educated old gangster who likes to lead death squads to raid enemy camps. The other is from a family of generals and is naturally brave, but the result is extremely brutal. Every time he fights, it's his barbecue party, where we roast our hearts, livers and kidneys.
If you fight with others, you will die if you lose at most, but if you fight with him, if you lose, you will most likely become his barbecue ingredients.
This guy was not only cruel to his enemies, but also harsh to his subordinates. He whipped him at every turn, rivaling Yan Rong, the governor of Youzhou in the Sui Dynasty. Moreover, Qiu Xinggong not only beat his subordinates, he even dared to beat his superiors. It is said that Yuchi Gonggang When Li Shimin surrendered, Qiu Xinggong fought with him.
Later, Yu Chigong came from behind and became his superior. Qiu Xinggong still continued to fight with him, and would do anything if he refused. What's rare is that a fierce general like Yu Chigong could not suppress him by simply fighting.
When two people come to lead troops like this, even though the emperor has given them the order of military talismans, they are probably not easy to control.
Take people out of the city to welcome the arrival of three troops.
From now on, these three armies of 6,000 people will be dispatched by Wu Huaiyu and belong to the Lingwu Dao camp troops. Wu Huaiyu is the camp general manager, Dou Lu Huairang is the camp commander Shi, Su Lie is the camp commander, and Liu Lancheng and Qiu Xinggong are the camp commanders. Niu Jianwu, the general manager of the left and right compartments, is the vanguard of the camp.
The three battalions of soldiers and horses are stationed in the northwest and south of Lingzhou, and the first Yanzhou army is stationed in the east of Lingzhou.
The group met at the city gate.
Liu Lancheng was quite polite to Wu Huaiyu, but Qiu Xinggong looked domineering and refused to get off his horse, greeting him condescendingly.
Wu Huaiyu already knew the details of this guy and had no time to pay attention.
"It's a coincidence that you came early. It just so happens that the powerful local Cao family is hosting a banquet tonight, and you just happen to go together."
Qiu Xinggong said rudely, "Who is the Cao family? Why should I reward them with face?"
Cao Xuan, who was following Wu Huaiyu, had a purple face, but maybe he had heard of this guy's reputation and dared not speak out in anger.
"General Qiu doesn't even give me the respect of the general manager?" Huaiyu asked with a smile.
Qiu Xinggong sat on the horse and looked at Wu Huaiyu condescendingly. After a while, he said, "Of course I have to give you the face of General Manager Wu. It depends on the General Manager's face. Go and sit down."
Huaiyu asked people to send meat, vegetables and other rewards to the six thousand soldiers stationed outside the city, and then they entered the city together.
A group of people went to Cao's house for a banquet.
Wu Huaiyu also mobilized his own bodyguard, which totaled 200 people. Then Doulu Huairang also led 200 people, Su Lie led 100 people, and Niu Jianwu led 100 people.
The three generals Qiu Xinggong, Liu Lancheng and Li Yuanyan also led a hundred people each.
The final result was that Wu Huaiyu took hundreds of civilian and military generals and more than a thousand personal guards to the Cao family for a banquet.
The Cao family saw so many elite soldiers in armor and spears approaching from a distance, and they were so frightened that they thought they were raiding their home.
Even Cao Taigong was not calm after hearing this. When Wu Huaiyu and others arrived on horseback, they realized that it was a false alarm, but they were really scared.
Grand Duke Cao quickly ordered some ginseng root and chewed it to replenish his energy.
This old heart couldn't bear the shock.
Although Wu Huaiyu was all smiles and brought gifts, Cao Taigong became more and more wary of the young Changshi. These thousands of soldiers were said to be accompanying guards, but the Cao family was surrounded by water, even directly in the front courtyard and corridors. standing,
If Wu Huaiyu says a word, the Cao family will be gone.
This feeling of the sword being unsheathed and pressed against the vest really makes one's hands and feet weak.
Cao Xuan went back to the backyard to change his clothes. The new clothes he had changed into were already soaked with sweat.
"Go and tell Thirteenth Niang to dress up well and behave well in front of Wu Changshi when I call her later."
"The Grand Duke wants to give Thirteen Niangs to Wu Changshi? Didn't he originally say that he would give them to two concubines?"
Cao Taigong looked at his pale self in the mirror. He didn't have much time left. If he fell down, the Cao family couldn't rely on Cao Xuan, right? He was not as ruthless as Peng Laizi, and he was not as smart as Liu Xian.
At this moment, Taigong Cao felt endless pressure. As big a family as the Peng family could collapse at any time, the Cao family could also collapse at any time.
For the sake of the Cao family, let alone giving his granddaughter Thirteen Niang to Wu Huaiyu as a concubine, if he wanted a few more, Cao Taigong was willing to give them to him and let him choose. He only hoped to get Wu Huaiyu's protection.
They used to think that they were very strong in Lingzhou, but now they know what it means to sit in a well and watch the sky.
